I wish I could live in the TV
Aw yea, it’s been an incredible 6 months of television since Prison Break kicked things off in August! While I eagerly await the return of TV’s guiltiest pleasure (American Idol) and TV’s slickest drama (24) I award the winners, and losers, of the shows that have made their way onto my DVR season pass list.
Best Drama—Heroes
Featuring the hottest TV Claire since The Huxtables (swoon Phylicia Rashad!), this show had more jaw-dropping moments this year than every other show combined—Claire’s “autopsy”, Eden’s death, Nathan flying, the foretelling of Hiro battling a dinosaur and the destruction of NYC just to name a few—and it proved that NBC still does know how to make good shows.
Best Comedy—The Office
A show that gets better and better by the episode. While many fans, including myself, were concerned about Jim’s departure of Scranton, let me take this moment to say that the wait was well worth it. The Pam-Jim-Karen triangle is heart-wrenchingly real and Jim’s conversation about rebound romances last week lets us know that there may be some hope for those two crazy kids in the future! And while there are too many gut-busting moments to mention, I will say that Andy is one of the best new characters on TV this year!
Oddest foreshadowing-Prison Break
Lane Garrison played Tweener on Prison Break, until he was killed off earlier this season. Before he broke out he was getting passed around by the inmates and was basically the prison bitch. One month ago, Garrison was involved in a real-life car accident that claimed the life of a 17-year-old boy, making matters worse is the fact that Garrison was drunk at the time of the accident and will probably go to jail for his part in the boys death. I guess it’s a good thing he has all that experience playing a prison bitch, cuz something tells me he’s going to get some real-life, hands-on experience.
Best Clip—How I Met Your Mother
Before she came to New York City, Robin Shebatsky was a Canadian Pop Star and CBS brilliantly made a video to explain her time up north.
Hottest Kiss—Lost
Not only did Kate and Sawyer have the year’s hottest kiss, but then they proceeded to have the year’s hottest sex scene. In a cage. In the dirt. There ain’t nothing hotter than dirty, sweaty, castaway sex!
Best Winner—America’s Next Top Model
Year after year I am disappointed by the winner’s of the majority of network reality shows, but FINALLY someone got it right! Caridee won the title of America’s Next Top Model and won my heart in the process!
Most Squandered Premise—The Nine
This was hands down the best pilot this year. Amazing concept, great acting, beautifully shot……and then episode two didn’t really build on the first one and then the third try was even worse. The problem? Too much time spent out of the bank, all I want to know is what happened during those 59 hours “the nine” spent as hostages and all the show wanted to tell me is how they are coping. Well, guess what—now we’ll never know why half of Kim Raver’s hair was cut off.
Most likely to elicit tears from grown-men—Friday Night Lights
Gets me every damn week! Whether it’s Street returning to the game or Smash dabbling in steroids to give his mother and sister a better life or Lyla and Riggins sleeping together because it’s all they have left after Street’s injury, this show knows how to portray real life problems better than any other show ever has.
Best Reinvention—The O.C.
Welcome to the new and improved OC bitches! THANK THE TV GODS for killing off Mischa Barton and replacing her with the infinitely better Willa Holland—who not only can act, but is capable of expressing more than one emotion. Bringing Taylor in as a series regular, AND putting her with Ryan, has been the best move the show ever made.
Hottest Character—Minka Kelly as Lila Garrity on Friday Night Lights
A smile that could melt the coldest linebacker, a sing-song like voice and I mean, just look at her.
Most Improved—30 Rock
It was okay in the beginning but Tina Fey realized how brilliant Alec Baldwin is as Jack and she started giving him more lines and cutting back the number of times we’re subjected to Jane Crap-kowski. This week’s episode, where Tina’s Liz discovers her boyfriend on an episode of Dateline’s To Catch A Predator was the funniest moment I have seen in a while, and a great reminder to avoid Chris Hanson whenever possible.
Funniest Female—Julia Louis-Dreyfus on The New Adventures of Old Christine
Proof that Seinfeld wasn’t really a boys club, JLD has created a brilliant companion character to Elaine in Christine Campbell. It’s almost as if Elaine got married and had a kid and is now living in California. Christine’s neurosis are never played for cheap laughs, and her struggles with men, the rich moms and her family are beyond brilliant.
Phew, I feel so much better now--only 1 month till it all starts over again!
Best Drama—Heroes
Featuring the hottest TV Claire since The Huxtables (swoon Phylicia Rashad!), this show had more jaw-dropping moments this year than every other show combined—Claire’s “autopsy”, Eden’s death, Nathan flying, the foretelling of Hiro battling a dinosaur and the destruction of NYC just to name a few—and it proved that NBC still does know how to make good shows.
Best Comedy—The Office
A show that gets better and better by the episode. While many fans, including myself, were concerned about Jim’s departure of Scranton, let me take this moment to say that the wait was well worth it. The Pam-Jim-Karen triangle is heart-wrenchingly real and Jim’s conversation about rebound romances last week lets us know that there may be some hope for those two crazy kids in the future! And while there are too many gut-busting moments to mention, I will say that Andy is one of the best new characters on TV this year!
Oddest foreshadowing-Prison Break
Lane Garrison played Tweener on Prison Break, until he was killed off earlier this season. Before he broke out he was getting passed around by the inmates and was basically the prison bitch. One month ago, Garrison was involved in a real-life car accident that claimed the life of a 17-year-old boy, making matters worse is the fact that Garrison was drunk at the time of the accident and will probably go to jail for his part in the boys death. I guess it’s a good thing he has all that experience playing a prison bitch, cuz something tells me he’s going to get some real-life, hands-on experience.
Best Clip—How I Met Your Mother
Before she came to New York City, Robin Shebatsky was a Canadian Pop Star and CBS brilliantly made a video to explain her time up north.
Hottest Kiss—Lost
Not only did Kate and Sawyer have the year’s hottest kiss, but then they proceeded to have the year’s hottest sex scene. In a cage. In the dirt. There ain’t nothing hotter than dirty, sweaty, castaway sex!
Best Winner—America’s Next Top Model
Year after year I am disappointed by the winner’s of the majority of network reality shows, but FINALLY someone got it right! Caridee won the title of America’s Next Top Model and won my heart in the process!
Most Squandered Premise—The Nine
This was hands down the best pilot this year. Amazing concept, great acting, beautifully shot……and then episode two didn’t really build on the first one and then the third try was even worse. The problem? Too much time spent out of the bank, all I want to know is what happened during those 59 hours “the nine” spent as hostages and all the show wanted to tell me is how they are coping. Well, guess what—now we’ll never know why half of Kim Raver’s hair was cut off.
Most likely to elicit tears from grown-men—Friday Night Lights
Gets me every damn week! Whether it’s Street returning to the game or Smash dabbling in steroids to give his mother and sister a better life or Lyla and Riggins sleeping together because it’s all they have left after Street’s injury, this show knows how to portray real life problems better than any other show ever has.
Best Reinvention—The O.C.
Welcome to the new and improved OC bitches! THANK THE TV GODS for killing off Mischa Barton and replacing her with the infinitely better Willa Holland—who not only can act, but is capable of expressing more than one emotion. Bringing Taylor in as a series regular, AND putting her with Ryan, has been the best move the show ever made.
Hottest Character—Minka Kelly as Lila Garrity on Friday Night Lights
A smile that could melt the coldest linebacker, a sing-song like voice and I mean, just look at her.
Most Improved—30 Rock
It was okay in the beginning but Tina Fey realized how brilliant Alec Baldwin is as Jack and she started giving him more lines and cutting back the number of times we’re subjected to Jane Crap-kowski. This week’s episode, where Tina’s Liz discovers her boyfriend on an episode of Dateline’s To Catch A Predator was the funniest moment I have seen in a while, and a great reminder to avoid Chris Hanson whenever possible.
Funniest Female—Julia Louis-Dreyfus on The New Adventures of Old Christine
Proof that Seinfeld wasn’t really a boys club, JLD has created a brilliant companion character to Elaine in Christine Campbell. It’s almost as if Elaine got married and had a kid and is now living in California. Christine’s neurosis are never played for cheap laughs, and her struggles with men, the rich moms and her family are beyond brilliant.
Phew, I feel so much better now--only 1 month till it all starts over again!
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